Senior most Gauhati High Court judge Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei will take overas the Chief Justice on October 21. Assam GovernorPBAcharya will administer Vaiphei the oath of office and secrecy at a function in the Raj Bhawan on that day.
President Pranab Mukherjee appointed him to replace acting Chief Justice Kazarian Srecdhar Rao who is retiring on that day.
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The Sivasagar district committee of The Tai-Ahom Yaba Parishad” is organising “ Bhugali Mela” at historical “Ranghar” , the first pavilion of Asia on January 16. In...
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The results of the elections to the five assembly constituencies of the Golaghat District Youth Congress were declared on Sunday. The polling which started at 8.00 am in the morning continued till 3....
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A resurfacing dissidence seems to have put Congress in a fix. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is flying to New Delhi to apprise the party high command of the entire situation on Friday amid speculation of a preparation for cabinet reshuffle.At least 24 Congress legislators participated in the closed-door meeting, which was held at the MLA hostel in Dispur on Wednesday night. The meeting was held at MLA hostel where at least 24 Congress legislators have demanded to change in the leadership of Assam Congress legislators.In yet another development, AICC general secretary in charge of Assam affairs Digvijaya Singh has put the role of a satellite news channel under scanner in view of alleged anti...
Beware Guwahatians. Ulfa's Paresh Barua faction plans to blow up Guwahati. According to sources available with the government, a group of dreaded Ulfa militants has sneaked into the city with a plan to strike with a car bomb. The militants are believed to have used a black car to explode the powerful explosition. Police have beefed up security to thwart the attempt.
Two poachers were killed and three others have been injured at an encounter in Kaziranga on Wednesday. The encounter took place in the Agaratali range in the wee hours. A gang of poachers started indiscriminate firing as they faced the forest guards patrolling on the spot. When the forest guards retaliated with firing, two poachers were killed on the spot. Two others managed to escape.
The Assam government on Tuesday increased rate of wages, holidays, hours of work and conditions of skilled and unskilled workmen employed by contractors.As per the revision the rate of wages of an unskilled workmen with ITI Certificate will be Rs 277 per day, skilled workmen other than ITI Certificate holder will be paid Rs 175 and unskilled workmen Rs 169 per day.The rate of wages has been fixed in such a manner that no skilled workman gets less than the stipulated amount for working for a maximum 8 hours a day and no unskilled workmen gets less than Rs 169 per day.In case of overtime work, the wages will be twice the ordinary rate of wages for every work in excess of 8 hours a day and 48...
Dispur is all set to ban tobacco. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has asked the health department to table a bill in the assembly banning all kinds of tobacco products including smokeless tobacco. A legislation would be tabled in the assembly soon.Health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Saram said that the government felt it necessary to ban all tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco products.The instruction assumes significance as oral cancer is on the rise in the state and is caused mainly due to consumption of tobacco products.
The Assam assembly began its budget session on a stormy note on Monday. Governor Janki Ballav Patnaik opened the month long session with his customary speech. As the governor rose to deliver the speech, opposition members stood up resulting in an uproarious situation on the floor. Amid deafening din, the governor stopped his speech and left the assembly.
Much to the utter disappointment of the nature lovers, the carcass of an elephant calf was found in Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Jorhat district on Sunday.The female elephant, suspected to have been poisoned, was found in Koliapani range of the sanctuary by forest guards on patrol.A postmortem would be conducted to ascertain the cause of the elephant's death.
Two poachers who are suspected to be involved in the recent rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park, have been arrested during a joint operation by police and forest department in Sonitpur district on Sunday.Police and forest department officials, nabbed the duo from North Bank of Brahmaputra at Bishwanath Ghat.They have been identified as Aamir Islam and Moina Das and were suspected to be involved in the recent killing of rhinos and removal of horns in the park.
Ref : SSS/2013/M-1Date : March 1, 2013 To, Prof. P. Sinclair Director, NCERTNCERT Campus, Sri Aurobindo Marg,New Delhi-110016Subject: Inclusion of life and works of Srimanta Sankaradeva in NCERT curriculumRespected Sir,Many leading persons as well as organizations of Assam have been consistently demanding the inclusion of life and works of the great saint, social reformer, litterateur and cultural maestro Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449-1568) in the NCERT curriculum. The matter was raised in Parliament also in 2006. It was in response to such demands that NCERT included one paragraph about Srimanta Sankaradeva in the history textbook for class XI. (Themes in Indian History, Part II, First...
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